Foreign Ministry Spokesperson highlights China-LELAC Forum ministerial meeting outcomes

At the regular press conference of the Chinese Foreign Ministry on May 14, 2025, spokesperson Lin Jian summarized the outcomes and impact of the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the China-CELAC Forum in Beijing.

According to Lin, four important common understandings were reached during the meeting:

---The China-CELAC Forum was a success over the past decade, and the two sides will expand the areas and improve the quality of cooperation;

---China and LAC countries share a common future in development, and the two sides will stand firmly together despite winds and rains and resist external disturbances;

---China-LAC solidarity goes with the trend of the times, and the two sides, as important members of the Global South and important forces promoting multipolarity and greater democracy in international relations, will enhance solidarity and cooperation and jointly address transformation and instability in the world;

---China-LAC cooperation enjoys promising prospects, as the two sides combined create a mega-sized market with a population of 2 billion, and this will provide new driving forces and new opportunities for the growth of both sides and the wider world.